New Orleans Jim Hightower and his “Lowdown” crew happened to be in town and gave a call to join them for dinner, giving me an opportunity to catch up with a friend and comrade from Texas still kicking it hard after all of these years – thank goodness! We go back past most people’s memory …
Month: January 2015
Union Membership Continues to Tank in USA, Time for “Majority Unionism”
New Orleans The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the figures on union membership and density for 2014 and for workers in general. The good news is that there are more jobs and more people are working. The same ol,’ same ol,’ bad news is that the weakening labor movement in the United States has …
Year End Meeting Highlights: Bengaluru, Checklists, and Campaigns
New Orleans Ten organizations from the US and Canada in our family of community organizations, labor unions, media operations, and social enterprises came together as we do every year in a Year End / Year Begin Meeting to evaluate the work of the past year and plan for the current year. Beside the people meeting …